Wes Scantlin
Mason Cooper
Updated on March 13, 2026
Scantlin in 2012, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Wesley Reid Scantlin
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 9, 1972
Ethnicity: English, German, Irish
Wes Scantlin is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the only remaining founding member of post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd.
Wes is the son of Patricia and William Scantlin. He has a son.
Wes is a cousin of former Miss Missouri Teen USA pageant winner and reality television participant, Melana Scantlin. He is also said to be related to professional baseball player Ryan Braun.
Wes’s paternal grandfather was named William Marion Scantlin, Jr. (the son of William M. Scantlin and Aileene E.). Wes’s grandfather William was born in Missouri.
Wes’s paternal grandmother was Mary Ellen Kellerman (the daughter of Joseph Frank Kellerman, Jr. and Helen G. Kilet). Mary Ellen was born in Missouri. Joseph was the son of Joseph F. Kellerman and Mary Mosbauer, who were German, from Bavaria. Helen was the daughter of Robert James Kilet and Ellen Chinn.
Sources: Wes’s paternal grandfather, William Marion Scantlin, Jr., on the 1930 U.S. Census –
Genealogy of Wes’s paternal grandmother, Mary Ellen (Kellerman) Scantlin (focusing on her mother’s side) –
